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December 2021

December 09, 2021

What Finally Stopped Josh Duggar

Josh Duggar has been found guilty of both counts of possession and receipt of child...

November 2021

November 28, 2021

This Seventh-Day Adventist Pastor Told Us Exactly Who He Is (and More)

Hi and welcome back! Recently, the Christ-o-sphere was roiled with yet another scandal. This time,...

November 10, 2021

How Christian Music Soothed Chris Pratt

Recently, Chris Pratt suffered a super-bad, awful, no-good, terrible week which he entirely deserved, in my...

October 2021

October 24, 2021

Hypocrisy Reveals Christians’ True Morality

Not only do toxic Christians not live up to their own code of morality, they...

October 13, 2021

The Ongoing Catholic Scandal: What the New CIASE Report Means

Catholic morality is nothing but a smokescreen to keep the flocks' attention away from Catholic...

August 2021

August 10, 2021

Kent Hovind: Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges

Hi and welcome back! The other day, we took an introductory look at a relic...

August 08, 2021

An Introduction to Kent Hovind, a Notorious Christian Huckster

Hi and welcome back! The news has been busy lately with this story about Kent...

July 2021

July 12, 2021

Mark Driscoll: Bullies Keep Bullying (LSP #200)

None of us thought Mark Driscoll would learn a thing after losing Mars Hill and...

July 06, 2021

Pastoral Plagiarism: Why Pastors Do It — And Why Evangelicals THINK They Do

Today, let me show you evangelicals' guesses about why pastoral plagiarism happens, the reasons for...

July 03, 2021

Ed Litton: Evangelicals React to His Plagiarism Scandal

Hi and welcome back! Last week, we heard about a minor scandal brewing in evangelicalism...

July 01, 2021

James MacDonald Is Out of the Evangelical Crony Network

Today, let me show you what the evangelical crony network is saying (or rather, not...

June 2021

June 26, 2021

Why Disgraced Pastor James MacDonald Keeps Gatekeeping Christianity

Today, let me show you how James MacDonald attacked one of his critics, Julie Roys,...

May 2021

May 23, 2021

‘Abuse of Faith’ Two Years Later: What’s Changed in the SBC

SBC leaders like to talk about their accountability, so today let's see how they've held themselves...

May 06, 2021

The Duggars: Authoritarians Trying to Protect Their Tainted Brand

Last week, the Duggar clown car family hit the headlines again. Unsurprisingly, those headlines centered...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

Josh Duggar and His Entirely Unsurprising Child Porn Charges

Hi and welcome back! Last night, we got the news that Josh Duggar -- eldest...

April 29, 2021

And Now Scandal Finds a THIRD Hillsong Church

Hi and welcome back! We had to stop the presses today. My goodness, that Hillsong...

April 21, 2021

Celebrity PKs Arise: The Preachers’ Kids Speak

Hi and welcome back! Of late, I'm noticing a new trend in the news: the...

April 17, 2021

Unsurprisingly, ‘New Catholic Movements’ Turn Out to Be Hotbeds of Abuse

File this one under News That'll Surprise Nobody Who Hangs Out Here: a Catholic lady...

April 07, 2021

Matt Gaetz: The Principles of Power in Broken Systems

One thing I noticed quickly was that nobody on Capitol Hill really seemed all that...

April 06, 2021

Matt Gaetz: Nobody’s Even Surprised

Today, let me show you the scandals swirling around Matt Gaetz -- and just how...

March 2021

March 18, 2021

Evangelicalism: Where Aaron Long Learned to Destroy His Temptations

Hi and welcome back! In the wake of yet another mass shooting, unsettling and unsurprising...

March 14, 2021

The Two Factions Forming in the SBC Right Now

Today, let me show you what these two factions are, the major players involved, and...

March 10, 2021

Megachurches: Not Actually the Cause of Christian Scandals

Many Christians also think that the megachurch model is causing their scandals and overall decline....

March 07, 2021

‘Failings:’ Brian Houston Just Told Us What We Already Knew About Hillsong

Hillsong is a deeply and irrevocably broken system that does exactly and precisely what pastor...

March 02, 2021

Stewart-Allen Clark and the Double Message Evangelical Men Send to Women

Today, let me show you the double message that evangelical men send the women in...

February 2021

February 21, 2021

Why No One Stopped Ravi Zacharias

Hi and welcome back! A couple of weeks ago, the ministry of Ravi Zacharias released...

February 19, 2021

Sheila Wray Gregoire Doesn’t Realize That Evangelicals Already HAVE a “Jesus-Centered Sexual Ethic”

Lately, evangelicals are understandably much abuzz about their most recent batch of sex scandals. In...

February 17, 2021

‘Million Souls:’ Silencing Dissenters at ALL COSTS

Recently, we talked about a threat Ravi Zacharias used on one of his many victims:...

February 14, 2021

‘Millions of Souls’: the Manipulation Tactic Christian Predators Love

Hi and welcome back! Happy Chocolate Day! We are still snowbound here at Casa Cas....

February 13, 2021

Ravi Zacharias and His Strategy of Abuse

Earlier this winter, investigators released their initial report: yes, the accusations were completely credible. Then,...